Desire

This long-delayed sophomore album is a best-of-both-worlds record that combines a backpacker's sense of social justice and overclocked verbiage with a mainstream star's outsized charisma and furious delivery.

<p>He can sing, mimic Elvis and has written for Diddy. Is there a more gifted but unlikely conscious rapper, asks <strong>Steve Yates</strong>.</p>

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